Novelty or ornament



Dec. 20, 1960 E. J. COLEMAN 2,954,872

NOVELTY OR ORNAMENT Filed April 11, 1957 United States Patent NOVELTY 0R ORNAMENT Edward J. Coleman, Chicago, Ill., assignor to H. Fishlove & Co., Chicago, 111., an Illinois corporation Filed Apr. 11, 1957, Ser. No. 652,244

1 Claim. (Cl. 4622) This invention relates to a novelty or ornament for a food product or a simulated food product.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a novelty or ornament comprising various elements which simulate parts of a dog and which are detachably secured to an edible frankfurter or a simulated frankfurter to make same appear as a dashshund.

Another object is to provide attachable members which may be readily secured to an edible frankfurter or a simulated frankfurter which frankfurter forms the body of the completed toy figure.

Another object is to provide elements simulating the legs and head of a dachshund which are readily attachable to a frankfurter which frankfurter forms the body of the dachshund.

This novelty or ornament may be used and set on a table where frankfurters are served at home or elsewhere.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing the ornament in assembled relation with a frankfurter.

Figure 2 is a top view thereof.

Figure 3 is a front view.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views showing the parts such as the head, legs and tail members respectively.

The parts which form this invention are the head 10, tail l2 and two leg members 14 all preferably made of a plastic material. The head 10 has a rearwardly extending pin or attaching member 11 formed therewith. The tail 12 has a pin or attaching member 13 formed therewith which extends forwardly thereof. The two leg members 14 are identical in construction and may be interchangeably used and each is formed of one piece of material having a vertical wall 16 with spaced forwardly extending paw-like members 18. The upper portion of the vertical wall 16 is concave as at 20 and extending upwardly therefrom and integrally formed therewith is a pin or attaching member 22.

The parts comprising the head, two legs and the tail ice may be sold in a package and assembled by the customer with an edible frankfurter to form a simulated dog. The frankfurter 24 forms the elongated body of the dog and the head, legs and tail are secured to the frankfurter merely by sticking the pins of each of the elements into the frankfurter as best shown in Figures 1 and 2. The concave surface 20 of the leg members 14 is shaped generally to the shape of the frankfurter so that when the frankfurter rests thereon it will appear as though it were an integral part of the frankfurter. While I have described this in connection with an edible frankfurter it will be understood that a simulated frankfurter made of rubber or the like may be used in lieu of the edible frankfurter. Likewise other toy figures may be formed by the use of other elements in combination with a frankfurter or other shaped body.

The parts may be readily detached from the edible frankfurter and the frankfurter may be eaten if desired.

It will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made from the foregoing without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claim.

I claim:

A novelty comprising in combination a frankfurter to form the body of a simulated dog, elements comprising a head and a pair of separate spaced leg members, said head having a rearwardly projecting pin detachably inserted into one end of the frankfurter for supporting said head, one of said leg members extending across the full width of the frankfurter adjacent the front end and the other leg member extending across the full width of the frankfurter adjacent the rear end, each said leg member having an upper concave portion engaging the underside of the frankfurter, a pin extending upwardly of each of the concave portions detachably inserted in the frankfurter, said concave upper portion limiting the extent to which the upwardly extending pin is inserted in the frankfurter, said leg members detachably secured to said frankfurter in spaced relation to said head and intermediate the opposite ends of the frankfurter and being separate from said head.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 521,837 Ward June 26, 1894 1,281,492 Blamfield Oct. 15, 1918 2,019,516 Weinberg Nov. 5, 1935 2,096,872 Baker Oct. 26, 1937 2,161,910 Callahan June 13, 1939 2,752,730 Bellett et a1 July 3, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 95,107 Austria Dec. 10, 1923 OTHER REFERENCES Art of Amusing, Bellew (1866), pages 189-194. 

